Hate the indifference of others, what about us?

Ruthie 2022-04-21 09:01:09

When watching this movie, I was wondering to whom the information sent by so many people was sent, and whether there were people at the top of the newspaper who were helping to reconcile this matter. In the end, when Robbie said it was himself, when he spoke, he asked "what about us"? At the time, the director wanted to express something different. It's like when Barron said we shouldn't just focus on this person, we should focus on the system. The director wanted to rebuke not only this matter, but the whole society, all the indifferent societies that knew about it but no one gave any help or even any attention. We are all mortals, groping forward in the dark, and when the light comes on, everyone is more or less blamed. The priests need to be blamed for their filthy deeds under the guise of God. The parents of the victims need to be blamed for watching their children being violated but choosing to swallow it up and even regard it as a blessing from God. Lawyers need to be blamed. They bear the responsibility of finding the truth, but they choose to cover up the truth together with the perpetrator. Newspapers need to be blamed, but the events of 20 cases have not been paid attention to... A person in Boston has inflicted further harm on young children violated by priests, making them question the truth of society, Without any hope of justice, any mention is an injury that will be attacked. And this is happening in America, which advertises freedom, democracy, and openness. What is even more sad, however, is that even if there is a heavy blow to the Catholic Church, it has little effect on Bishop Law. To what extent the whole Catholic Church has changed I do not know. For those of us who watch movies, after being deeply shocked, how many people spend how much time to understand this real event? It is a great irony that we are heartbroken by the indifference of others but unaware of our indifference. The truth of society should not be hidden from view because it is deeply hidden, and the dirt of society should not be turned a blind eye just because it is on the body of beasts. When we face the world, we see not only the truth, the good and the beautiful, but also the despair of the helpless people ravaged by money and power. When we fight, we are not just for ourselves to stand in this world like a human being, more What we are doing is for our undisturbed conscience, love and firm belief in justice and fairness, and for our descendants to see the beauty of the world, not all its ugliness.

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  • Gracie 2021-10-20 19:00:59

    Get rid of all horse-grabbing and curiosity, use extremely calm and restrained expressions to counteract prejudice and sentimentality, secretly accumulate energy and peel back layers, such as a solid and responsible news report, leaving judgments and emotions to the audience, and insisting on a realistic attitude makes people admire. The closing subtitles encourage more attention to investigative reporters and ask the victims to speak up. After the report is over, you can't stop thinking. Isn't this the meaning of news?

  • Devyn 2022-03-23 09:01:09

    If you want to find the darkness, try the brightest place first. From physiology to psychology, a system that has always been built around sex and reproductive gods, the rationality of its rules, and the appearance of rules that subvert the rules. In an endless war, all the details between the lines in the mystery, all the invisible levels waiting to be solved...The rule of the game is: good and evil will be reversed lightly as always, cancer cells will never be completely cured, the rules set by nature .

Spotlight quotes

  • Walter 'Robby' Robinson: You know thirteen priests in Boston who have molested children?

    Phil Saviano: Yeah! Why do you keep repeating everything I say?

    Walter 'Robby' Robinson: [quieter than before] I just like to clarify things.

    Phil Saviano: Maybe you should have clarified it five years ago when I sent you all of this stuff! It's all... right here!

    [silence, Phil composes himself]

    Phil Saviano: May I use your bathroom?

    [pause]

    Matt Carroll: Yeah, sure, Phil.

  • Mitchell Garabedian: Three years ago I get a call from an ex-priest, Anthony Benzovich. He was at Blessed Sacrament back in '62, and he saw Geoghan...

    [waits for two cops to pass by, then continues]

    Mitchell Garabedian: ... taking little boys up to the rectory bedroom. So he's appalled, all right? And tells the bishop about it. The bishop threatens to re-assign him... to South America.

    Mike Rezendes: Jesus.

    Mike Rezendes: Yeah. So, fast forward thirty-five years. Benzovich reads that Geoghan has been charged with molesting hundreds of kids. So, he feels guilty. He calls me.

    Mike Rezendes: So, you have testimony of a priest telling his superiors about Geoghan in '62?

    Mitchell Garabedian: [shakes his head] No, I do not. Because when I call Benzovich in to give a disposition, he comes in with a lawyer.

    Mike Rezendes: Wilson Rogers!

    Mitchell Garabedian: Right. And suddenly, Father Benzovich has a very foggy memory. Can't remember anything. He's useless. So, I go back to work, I forget about it, whatever. Until about a year ago, I find an article about a priest who warned church officials about Geoghan.

    Mike Rezendes: Benzovich went to the press?

    Mitchell Garabedian: Yeah. Local paper, Patriot-Ledger. Nobody saw it. But now I got Benzovich on record. So, I file a motion to depose Benzovich a second time. And Wilson Rogers, that smug son of a bitch, files a motion opposing my motion. And that's when I have him.

    Mike Rezendes: Have him how?

    Mitchell Garabedian: Rogers opposes my motion, so I have to make an argument as to why I'm allowed to depose Father Benzovich a second time. Okay? But this time, I'm allowed to attach exhibits. You follow what I'm saying?

    Mike Rezendes: The sealed documents?

    Mitchell Garabedian: Yes! I can attach the sealed documents that I've gotten in discovery, Mr. Rezendes, the same documents your paper is currently suing for.

    Mike Rezendes: You're shitting me!

    Mitchell Garabedian: What? No, no, I'm not shitting you! So, I pull out the fourteen most damning docs, and I attach them to my motion. And they prove everything. Everything! About the church, about the bishops, about Law...

    Mike Rezendes: And it's all public! Because your motion to oppose Rogers' motion...

    Mitchell Garabedian: ...is public, yeah. Exactly. Now you're paying attention.

    Mike Rezendes: So, I can just walk into that courtroom right now and get those documents?

    Mitchell Garabedian: No, you cannot. Because the documents are not there.

    Mike Rezendes: But you just said they're public.

    Mitchell Garabedian: I know I did. But this is Boston. And the church does not want them to be found. So, they are not there.